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Thomas Hull

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Education

BA Mathematics, 1991, Hampshire College
MS Mathematics, 1993, University of Rhode Island
Ph.D. Mathematics, 1997, University of Rhode Island

Background

Tom Hull is a leading expert on the mathematics of origami (paper folding) and has given talks on this topic all over the world.  His research uses graph theory, combinatorics, geometry, and other areas of math, with applications in engineering, materials science, art, and education.  He is the faculty advisor of the Math Club,  he enjoys having students be involved in his research, and he teaches regularly in our graduate Masters in Mathematics for Teachers (MAMT) program.  He also likes playing Ultimate Frisbee and reading supernatural horror.

Some of my publications can be found on the .

Interests

Mathematics of Origami

Using math to understand the laws behind paper folding.  This has applications in engineering, materials science, art, and education, as well as being an interesting math subject in its own right.

Graph Theory

Studying properties of graphs (networks of points and lines), in particular graph colorings.

Geometry

Euclidean, non-Euclidean, projective, and fractal geometry, especially as they apply to origami.

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses: Calculus I, I, III, Linear Algebra, Modern Aspects of Geometry, Creative Problem Solving, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Introduction to Modern Algebra, Real Analysis I, II, Complex Analysis

Graduate Courses (MAMT): Calculus Revisited, Creative Problem Solving, Discrete Mathematics, Geometry Revisited, Analysis, Algebraic Structures, Origami in Mathematics and Education, Topology and Fractals

Scholarly Works

Books

Thomas C. Hull (2020). Origametry: Mathematical Methods in Paper Folding . NY: Cambridge University Press.

Thomas C. Hull (2012). . MA: AK Peters/CRC Press.

Thomas C. Hull (2002). . MA: AK Peters/CRC Press.

Book Chapters

Thomas C. Hull (2009). Folding regular heptagons . In E. Pegg, A. Schoen, T. Rogers (Eds.), Homage to a Pied Puzzler (pp. 181-191) Natick, MA : A K Peters.

Journal Articles

T. Tachi and T. C. Hull (2017 ). . ASME Journal of Mechanisms & Robotics ,9 , 021008-021017.

Z. Abel, J. Cantarella, E. Demaine, D. Eppstein, T. Hull, J. Ku, R. Lang, T. Tachi (2016 ). . Journal of Computational Geometry ,7 , 171-184.

H. Akitaya, K. Cheung, E. Demaine, T. Horiyama, T. Hull, J. Ku, T. Tachi, R. Uehara (2016 ). . Discrete and Computational Geometry and Graphs. JCDCGG 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ,9943 , 167-179.

J.-H. Na, A. A. Evans, J. Bae, M. C. Chiappelli, C. D. Santangelo, R. J. Lang, T. C. Hull, and R. C. Hayward (2015 , January ). . Advanced Materials ,27 , 79-85.

B. Ballinger, M. Damian, D. Eppstein, R. Flatland, J. Ginepro, T. Hull (2015 ). . ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA15) , 136-147.

T. Hull (2015 ). . Origami 6: Proceedings of the 6th International Meeting on Origami Science, Mathematics, and Education , 3-10.

Jessica Ginepro and Thomas C. Hull (2014 , November ). . Journal of Integer Sequences ,17 , Article 14.10.8.

J. L. Silverberg, A. A. Evans, Lauren McLeod, Ryan Hayward, Thomas Hull, Christian D. Santangelo, I. Cohen (2014 , August ). . Science ,345 , 647-650.

Thomas C. Hull (2011 , April ). . The American Mathematical Monthly ,118 , 307-315.

Thomas C. Hull and Eric Chang (2011 ). . Origami^5: Fifth International Meeting of Origami Sceince, Mathematics, and Education , 599-607.

Thomas C. Hull (2009 ). . Origami^4: Fourth International Meeting of Origami Science, Mathematics, and Education , 361-370.

Thomas C. Hull (2006 , February ). H.P. Lovecraft: a horror in higher dimensions . Math Horizons , 10-12.

Thomas C. Hull (2003 ). . Ars Combinatorica ,67 , 175-188.

sarah-marie belcastro and Thomas Hull (2002 ). . The College Mathematics Journal ,33 , 93-98.

sarah-marie belcastro and Thomas Hull (2002 ). . Linear Algebra and its Applications ,348 , 273-282.

Nancy Eaton and Thomas C. Hull (1997 ). . Bulletin of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications ,25 , 79-87.

Thomas C. Hull (1996 ). . American Mathematical Monthly ,103 , 242-243.

Thomas C. Hull (1994 ). . Congressus Numerantium ,100 , 215-224.

Conference Proceedings

E. Demaine, M. Demaine, D. Huffman, T. Hull, D. Koschutz, T. Tachi (2016 , September ). Zero-area reciprocal diagram of origami . IASS Annual Symposium 2016 “Spatial Structures in the 21st Century” Tokyo, Japan